Federalism
Faith and Full Credit
Unitary
Conferderation
All Powers resides in the central government.
Privelleges and Immunities
A way of organizing a nation so two or more levels of government have formal authority over land and people.
National government is weak.
Decentralizes our policies
Extradition
Intergovernmental relatons
Dual Federalism: The states and national government remain supreme within their own hemispheres.
Cooperative federalism: Powers and policy assignments are shared between states and national government .
Marble Cake= Cooperative
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Fiscal federalism: The pattern of spending, taxing, and provided grants in the federal system
Grants
Grant-in-aid: used to influence and aid state governments
Categorical Grants: Federal grants used for specific purposes
Project Grants: Based on merit
Formula grants: Grants based on state sizes
Block grants: support broad programs
Division of power
Supremacy Clause: Article VI
10th amendment- National government cannot usurp state powers
Establishing National Supremacy- The national government gets stronger
Problems/ DIsadvantages
states have different levels of service
Local interests can counteract national interest
Too many levels of government and too much money
States ave to spend money to comply with central governments wishes. Ex: Underfunded mandate: Medicade
Layer cake= Dual
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Federal and state governments handle different things.
each state must recognize official documents given by other states
citizens of each state have privileges of citizens in another state
states must return a person charged with a crime to original state
Implied and enumerated powers
Commerce powers
The civil war
Brown v. Board of education
Advantages
increases access to government
local problems can be solved locally
Hard for political parties or interest groups to dominate